Hello, My name is Zakirah Allain (they/she) and I am 23 years old. I completed my undergraduate degree double Majoring in International Development studies and African Studies with a certification in Black Canadian Studies. My passions include Decolonization, Climate Change Awareness, Human Rights Advocacy, and Education! During my studies, my research focuses have been primarily […]
A native from Bahia, Fabio Silva, aka Fabio Cascadura, is a Brazilian-Canadian MA in History at York University. His MRP is a biographical study of the slave trader and Luso-Brazilian military officer Caetano Mauricio Machado (c.1750–1807) and his business with Bight of Benin.His interests encompass economy, ethnography and culture related to Western Africa from the […]
Ola Mohammed is an Assistant Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Humanities Department at York University. Her research is in the areas of Black Studies, Black Popular Music, Sound Studies and Diaspora Studies. She specializes in interdisciplinary research exploring Black cultural production, Black social life and Black being as sites of possibility.
Jamie is Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing for York University’s Department of Theatre. He has been a Toronto-based professional artist since 1997 as an actor, director, producer, teacher, and writer. Upcoming, Jamie will be directing the world premiere of 1184 in collaboration with The Aga Khan Museum in spring 2022. Other director credits include: […]
Dr Desirée de Jesus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC. She holds a PhD from Concordia University and an MA (with Distinction) from Kings College London. Dr de […]